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A crusading young politician is running for mayor on a program of cleaning up the graft-ridden politics of a big city. However, all of his opponent are mysteriously being shot to death, which does him no good, and the coroner can't even find the bullets in the bodies of the dead men.
As this film opens, a quotation attributed to Cicero is displayed within the very first frame: "He that violates his oath profanes the divinity of faith itself". These pungent words are actually etched in stone above an entry alcove at the Los Angeles City Hall, an edifice completed in 1928, five years before this melodrama was filmed upon a studio set in nearby Hollywood, and appears to indicate that a seriously creative effort may be in the offing. Such is not the case, however, this piece being constructed in predictable grooves while it tells its tale of a political maverick whose own party hopes to suppress his essays at reform. He is the iconoclast Tim Butler (Preston Foster), an attorney who is backed in his attempt to be elected mayor of a large city by his party's nabobs, in particular a Mr. Gorman (Tully Marshall) to whose daughter Sylvia (Natalie Moorhead) Tim has become affianced, a condition that greatly perturbs Tim's secretary Ellen (Evalyn Knapp) who, in typically reach-me-down movie fashion, dotes upon him. Soon after he is elected, Tim begins a determined undertaking to reduce the pernicious power of his city's political hacks, although he thereby intimidates his former sponsors. The actual party boss is one Regan (Warner Richmond) who is at the centre of a plot to entangle Butler in apparent immoral conduct with a prostitute, thereupon causing Tim to lose face, along with his mayoral position. Following Regan's murder, by an unknown gun-wielding killer, local newspapers develop various bogus reasons, primarily of revenge, to pin the homicide upon the ex-mayor, and following an obviously fixed trial, he is sentenced to life imprisonment, but after several other prominent corrupt officials are also gunned down, and with the same M.O. as was Regan, The Forces of Good begin working against The Forces of Evil to free the framed prisoner. This fairly early sound era film has been released upon an Alpha Entertainment DVD, and offers adequate visual and audio quality, although the original design of the piece is weakened by overzealous and poorly accomplished cutting, especially of those scenes depicting the railroading of Butler on a charge of public immorality. The script, by neophyte director Charles Roberts, is built upon a bromidic foundation and a complement of able acting talent is squandered to make a series of hackneyed episodes. Between the clichéd scenario and an extremely low budget, the largely accomplished cast, most of whom are well up to form, cannot lift the film above a state of mediocrity. Acting laurels go to Knapp, whose sprightly playing as Butler's secretary is as artless as one might desire. Strong turns are additionally contributed by Mischa Auer and Foster.
This production by William Berke stars Evalyn Knapp and Preston Foster. If you've never heard of William Berke Productions , join the crowd—as this was a small-time 'poverty row' film company that only released a few low-budget films.
The film begins with Foster being elected mayor. He's an idealistic man who announces his plans on ridding the town of corruption—not realizing how many from his party and his friends are actually evil weasels. Fortunately, he's not completely naïve and manages to put up a pretty good fight..at first. However, a corrupt party, a corrupt press and a corrupt prosecutor make mincemeat of the poor guy almost as soon as he assumes office. And, once cleared of this set up trumped up charges, up come some more. Can goodness triumph over evil? This is an enjoyable B-movie, though I must admit it has many shortcomings. The most important is that so-called ice bullets are apparently impossible as demonstrated on a recent episode of "Myth Busters". Additionally, the writing was a bit sloppy. For example, removing Foster from office was amazingly easy—too easy. Plus it was painfully obvious that the secretary (Knapp) was wonderful—so why did it take so long for Foster to recognize this?! Still, an exciting plot make this a tolerably good B-movie.
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